30 July 2007 (Monday)

A busy weekend.

Saturday: After rising and sitting, Lisa and I tear into various house cleaning activities. We spend most of the morning cleaning the bedroom, top to bottom. Much dust, dog & cat hair removed, and various items put away (clothes, books, etc.).

Lisa naps while I play on-line, then I head out to New Haven for Lisa G's wedding. The plan was to have it on the schooner Quinnipiac, but as I had to drive through the wrath of God to get there (torrential downpours - bad enough that people were pulling off to the side of the road; it was like a whiteout, but with rain), we couldn't go out on the boat. In the end, we all made do in the parking lot of the wharf, and had fun anyway.

Sunday: some light work in the morning after breakfast (at the Main Street Café - I had Huevos Rancheros and they didn't sit well). Cleaned a few more things, as well as the cat litter. Out at about 4:30 to Belmont for a S.H.O.E tournament that DavidK and Jess were hosting at their Temple. It was fun, though I went out fairly early. Pushed a little too hard in the first round of Omaha, and I was behind the rest of the way. Jess ended up winning the whole thing.

Home at about 12:15, and to bed shortly after.

Today: up at 6:30 and run out the garbage. Morning routine, and in to work by 8:15. Quiet today, and my meetings are not until later in the afternoon, so I spend the morning with some menu planning and responding to e-mails. The trick for the course will be how to balance normal nutrition with some of the special needs (gluten allergies, cholesterol issues, veganism), and balance the resources so everyone isn't working every meal.

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Home ahead of Lisa, so I take care of the dog and set to today's JotD. This one was clear as a bell this morning: cleaning out the garbage can. Something had gotten out of a bag and into the bottom of the can, so now all manner of stink and larval insects live there. Out comes the power washer and out goes the mess. Associatively, the recycle bin gets cleaned as well.

Lisa arrives home (she was taking a colleague home from work - their car was in the shop). We think about dinner, but are absorbed by The Guardian, followed by Karas: The Prophesy and then popcorn with Appleseed. We opt out of Akira and go to bed.